01 ka 03
... kunye neNobhala Yethu Yenza Uhambo
I-zipline yokukhawuleza yehlabathi ivuliwe ngo-2013 eNorth Wales kwaye isasomelela. Intambo eZipWorld ngaphandle kwe- Snowdonia National Park , isebenza malunga neekhilomitha enye kwi-Quarry ye-Penrhyn, ibe ngowona mhlaba mkhulu wesarlate. Abo baqinileyo ngokwabo ukuzitshintsha phantsi bafumana ukuba bahamba ngesivinini kwi-120mph. Andiyena onobukroti, kodwa ngethamsanqa kuthi, unobhala-ntatheli waseLondon u-Helen Ochyra ngokuqinisekileyo. Wazivolontiya ukuba angene kwi-breech. Nayi ingxelo yakhe.
Ukukhupha iNtaba
Ndifika kwimihla engabonakaliyo yeWelshi. Izulu liluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngaphandle kwelifu eliyincinci kwaye umoya uphumile phantse. Oku kukhululeka kuba ukuvula kwe-zipline kuye kwabambezeleka ngenxa yeemeko zemozulu.
USean Taylor, umnini welizwe le-Zip, uthi kum, "Silindele ukuba izithuthi zikhuphuke entabeni. Sinezintandathu zekhephu kangangokuba sasingakwazi ukuvuka apho."
Kukhona isiqalo sokusungula, isakhiwo esinezinyithi ezincinci asibonakali sisiseko sekriyari, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-1 ngaphantsi. Le yilapho amava aqala khona, kwikhabini apho abagibeli baxhotyiswe khona ngeempahla ezibomvu, ii-helmets nama-harnesses.
Little Zipper
Ukusuka apha kukuhamba okufutshane ukuya kwi-Little Zipper, isiqalo sokukhangela. Lo malunga neyesithathu ubude be-zipper enkulu kwaye usebenza njengomsebenzi wokuzithemba. "Xa abantu bekwenzile oko, banomuva wokuba banokwenza ixesha elide," utsho uSean. Okwangoku akukho mntu wenze umnxeba omncinci kwaye akaphumelelanga ukugqibezela i-zipper enkulu ukuze okokuqala isingeniso sisebenzise.
Ngokuqinisekileyo isebenza kum. Ukuma kwi-summit yayo Ndiziva ixande leentsholongwane esiswini sam. Ukukhuphela phantsi kuqala kufuneka uqhutywe phezulu. Kwaye ndixelelwe ukuba ndingene kwindawo yokunyuka-phandle kwiplatifti ngelixa ndixutywe kwintambo ngehishini lam. Iziva ikhuselekile ngokukhululekile, i-harness yeyona nto ikhululekile kakhulu endiyifumene nayo, kwaye kukho into eyancwisayo ngokungahambi okanye ukukhulula into. Ukuqalwa kwamanani kuqala kwaye ndifumanisa ukuba ndithatha ngombono kunokukhathazeka ngohambo oluya ngasezantsi. Ngaphambi kokuba ndiyazi ukuba ndihamba kwaye ndihamba ngeendlela, abantu bajonga kum njengoko ndihambayo. Izixhobo ezigqityiweyo, ndifikelela ekupheleni ukuziva ukulungele ukuthatha ixesha elide, ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza ngaphezu kwethu.
Khokela kwi-Big Zipper
02 ka 03
I-Big Zipper
Big Zipper
Ukuze sifinyelele kwi-zipper enkulu sonke sigubungela kwiloli evulekile. Amaqela angama-20 athatyathwa rhoqo, kunye ne-zippers ehla ngamabini, enye ngemizuzu emihlanu. Ndibala ukuba oku kuthetha abantu abangaba ngu-200 ngosuku oluzayo apha. Kuya kufuneka ukuba ube ngumatshini oyile okhuselekileyo ukwenzela ukuba ugweme kakhulu ukulinda kwiindawo.
Ngethamsanqa, namhlanje izinto zinobubele kwaye sithatha iintaba ekukhanyeni kwelanga, i-Nant Ffracon intlambo isetyenziswe ngezantsi njenge-alpine. Liyinto enhle kakhulu, imithambeka yayo enqabileyo ibonakaliswe yimfuyo yekhephu, ekhokelela ekuhlaleni okumnyama kwemipini kwaye ekugqibeleni iindawo ezinobunzima belifama zixutywe - yintoni enye - iwundlu laseWales
Ndiyalibala ngokupheleleyo into esiyiyo ukuyenza-de ndifike kwisiqaliso. Ukusuka apha siyakubona ukufikelela kwi-Isle of Man kunye nelibi elalibukeka likhulu ukusuka kwisiseko senqwelo-kherri kubonakala ngathi iplagi encinane kwi-sinkhole enkulu. Kwakhona ndivakalelwa ukuba i-harness ithatha ingxaki kwaye i-countdown iqala.
Eyesithathu, ezimbini, enye ...
... kwaye ndihamba. Njengoko uSean uthi, "le nto iyona nto ehamba phambili kwi-diving ye-sky you will find anywhere" kwaye ndivakalelwa kukuba ndihlala ndedwa kunye ne-landscape. Ndijonge ukuhamba komhlaba ngaphantsi kwam, ngamanye amaxesha ambalwa amitha, kwaye ngokukhawuleza ndiphezu kweli libi, likhulu ngoku, kwaye libala ngokugqithiseleyo. Ixesha libonakala liphuculwa kwaye ndivulekile. Ukuba umbono ogqithisileyo kunale ekhona e-UK ke ndingasifumana.
Ngezantsi ndixelelwa ukuba ndifike ngesivinini malunga ne-60mph kodwa andinandaba namanani. Ngenxa yokuba oku akukona nje ukukhwela kwe-adrenalin, kwaye akukho mdlalo ogqithiseleyo. Luyimpumelelo ekhethekileyo - kunye neyayimfuneko ukulinda imozulu ukucima.
03 ka 03
Velocity Essentials
- Kuphi: Umhlaba we-Zip, iQearrhy Quarry, iBetdada, iBangor, iGwynedd LL57 4YG, iWales
- Ifowuni: +44 (0) 01690 710914
- Vula: Nsuku zonke ngaphandle koKhisimusi kunye nokuhamba koNyaka woNyaka wokuqala kwi-10a.m. kwaye iphelile ngo-4pm.
- Umoya kunye nesimo sezulu: I-zipline ayiyi kuhamba kwimimoya emibi kunye nemimoya eqinile. Abaqhubi bathi "baya kwenza yonke imizamo" ukuba banikezele isilumkiso sokuvalwa kwezinto ezibangelwa yimozulu engavumelekanga, kodwa yinto efanelekileyo yokufowuna phambi kokubeka ngaphandle, xa kunjalo.
- Ukwamkelwa: Iikitikithi ziyafumaneka kuwo wonke amava-kuquka i-big and little zipper kunye neengxelo malunga necarori; ngenxa ye-zipper encane, okanye ukuqhuba ukuya kwisiqonga. Ngo-2017 amathikithi ayenama-£ 60. Izitikiti zeentsapho ezahlukeneyo ziyafumaneka. Abantwana abangaphantsi kwe-10 abavunyelwanga kwaye kukho ukuphakama kunye nokunciphisa ubunzima bokusebenzisa i-ziplines ngokunjalo. Akukho mkhulu ubude kwaye kude kube ngoku i-flyer enkulu kuneminyaka eyi-94 ubudala. Amatikiti angabhalwa kwi-Intanethi.
- Ukutyelela iwebhusayithi yabo ngolwazi olungakumbi.
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